Roasted Salted In shell Pistachios 3 lb. bag, 25 lb cartons, 30 lb. cartons, 50 lb. sacks, 2,000 lb. sacks, 2,200 lb sacks Packed by horizon Nut Company Tulare, CA 93274 Product of U.S.A.

Recall Insight

This FDA Food action (record #F-0392-2021) was formally reported on April 14, 2021, with the manufacturer initiating the action on January 17, 2021. It is classified under Low severity (Class III), with a current status of Terminated. Horizon Nut Company, LLC is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Tulare, CA. Federal records indicate Approximately 5,424,288 units are affected, placing this recall in the million-unit bracket that typically triggers nationwide consumer alerts and retailer sweeps.

The documented reason for this recall is: Product may have low levels of imidacloprid in excess of the tolerance of 0.05 ppm. Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: US - CA, MN, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Spain, Poland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Luxembourg, United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, Egypt, Italy, Australia, India, Singapore, United Kingdom, Brazil.. Distribution scope directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by FDA Food. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 5 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.